Curtain-shade roller.



0. B. LAURENT.'

CURTAIN SHADE ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY15,1912.

1,106,227. Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLEX B. LAURENT, 0F ROADS, LOUISIANA.

CURTAIN-SHADE ROLLER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLEX B. LAURENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Roads, in the parish of Pointe Coupee and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Shade Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain shade rollers, the object of the invention being to dispense with the usual shade roller winding spring now in common use, and substitute therefor reliable means for elevating the shade and preventing the same from being suddenly jerked out of the hand and thrown upward with violence, resulting sooner or later in stripping the shade from the roller and leading to considerable annoyance.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sufficient portion of a window to illustrate the present invention which is shown applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the combined bracket and guide. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the cord grip.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a shade roller mounted in brackets 2 and 3 at the opposite ends thereof in the usual man ner.

3 designates the shade wound upon the roller 1.

In carrying out the present invention, I provide a spool 4 of any suitable diameter and width, the same being securely fastened in any convenient manner to one extremity of the roller 1, as shown in Fig. 1, said spool having wound thereon an operating cord 5 of a suitable length to extend downward within convenient reach of the operator standing on the floor. The bracket 3 is provided with a suitable attaching base 6, by means of which it is secured to the window frame or casing, and is also provided with an outwardly extending guide arm 7 provided with a hole 8, through which the operating cord 6 passes, as shown in Fig. 1. At a suitable elevation on the window Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 15, 1912.

Patented Aug. 4:, 1914.

Serial No. 697,525.

frame, at one side thereof, is arranged a cord grip, embodying a fiat metal base 9, and the upturned spring hook 10, within which the cord 5 is adapted to be clamped, by simply forcing said cord into the grip. Adjacent to the cord grip, I prefer to arrange an eye or guide 11, through which the cord 5 is led, said guide being about on a horizontal level with the cord grip, so that the cord is carried horizontally away from the guide or eye 11 in the act of forcing the same down into the clamping hook 10, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that the cord grip comprises a base plate S) which is punched outwardly, as shown, to form a lip for the support of the cord clasp which is shown as comprising a substantially U-shaped upwardly openin clasping body of spring wire, within which the cord is adapted to be jammed, the device also having a downwardly extending shank which is inserted through the outwardly projecting lip of the base plate and then terminally fastened to the base plate beneath the opening formed in the operation of punching out said supporting lip. This makes a simple, cheap and effective cord grip, for the purpose stated.

To elevate the shade, the cord is disengaged from the hook 10 and drawn downwardly, this resulting in turning the shade roller 1 and wint ling or wrapping the shade thereon. After the shade is adjusted to the required height, the cord is again snapped into the cord grip. To lower the shade, the cord is slacked off, until the shade is lowered by its own weight to the desired point.

"What is claimed is:

The combination of a curtain shade roller, brackets in which said roller is journaled, an operating cord for turning said roller, a stationary cord guide located in close proximity to said roller, a cord grip fastened to the window frame at a distance from said cord guide, and a second cord guide arranged at one side of and in the same horizontal plane with said cord grip to produce a sharp bend in the cord before it enters the second cord grip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLEX B. LAURENT.

Witnesses:

C. E. ROY, O. O. LAURENT.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or intents, Washington, I). G. 

